Tag: hollywood

Alta | 25 Books That Define California

The Sympathizer makes Alta’s “25 Books That Define California” list as its portrayal of Hollywood and California is one not to be missed. It could have been called so many

Zeteo | Viet Nam, Gaza, and the Power of Spectacle

Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on how Hollywood has become the US military-industrial complex’s unofficial ministry of propaganda for Zeteo This is a tale of two spectacles.  The first

Chop Shop: American Hustle

Viet Thanh Nguyen remarks on Ramin Bahrani’s presentation of the darker side of America in this review of Chop Shop for The Criterion Collection. Hollywood is the unofficial ministry of

Let Us Read Some Books Reviews The Sympathizer

Nadine and Alex, the duo behind the German-language blog Let Us Read Some Books, review Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Im April des Jahres 1975 wird eine Gruppe von südvietnamesischen

Photo: Roland-Pierre Paringaux Archives Agence France-Presse Des soldats nord-vietnamiens sur un char d’assaut à Da Nang, au mois d’avril 1975, alors que la ville est assiégée par le Vietcong.

Le Devoir Reviews The Sympathizer

Christian Desmeules writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for the French-language and Montreal-based publication, Le Devoir. Depuis l’évacuation de Saigon en 1975 et les derniers jours de la république du

Público: Vietnam, a moral tragicomedy

Isabel Lucas interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for Público. Um narrador anónimo carrega a ambiguidade de se sentir entre o bem e o mal, o Ocidente e o Oriente. O Simpatizante traz essa

Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer

Kurier Reviews The Sympathizer

Peter Pisa writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for the Vienna-based newspaper, Kurier. Ein junger Mann hat uns mitgenommen, er ist der Berater für vietnamesische Authentizität. Seine